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Renewing Social Reproduction Feminism

Renewing Social Reproduction Feminism

From: Women and Work

The author argues that precarious workforces are the result of systematic oppression and that social reproduction labour is critical to resisting capital labour. 18 $1.80 Add
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Saving a Grand Old Lady

Saving a Grand Old Lady

Part I

From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

Part one of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession … ; 30 $3.00 Add
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Saving a Grand Old Lady

Saving a Grand Old Lady

Part II

From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

Part two of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession … ; 22 $2.20 Add
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Saving a Grand Old Lady

Saving a Grand Old Lady

Part III

From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

Part three of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession … ; 25 $2.50 Add
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Service in France at No. 1 Canadian General Hospital

Service in France at No. 1 Canadian General Hospital

From: Asleep in the Deep

Anna Stamers was transfered to France in 1916. Hospitals in France were set up to receive all incoming wounded from the Allied forces, as well as civilians and prisoners of war. Horrible … 32 $3.20 Add
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Sewing the Threads of Resilience

Sewing the Threads of Resilience

From: From Suffragette to Homesteader

Twentieth-Century Indian Homemakers’ Clubs in Western Canada 18 $1.80 Add
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Signing up to Serve

Signing up to Serve

From: Asleep in the Deep

This chapter describes the distinctive Canadian Nursing Sister uniform and the procedures undergone to recruit and select nurses for the Canadian Army Medical Corp once war was declared. … 18 $1.80 Add
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Socialist Feminism

Socialist Feminism

Two Approaches to Understanding Women's Work

From: Women and Work

This chapter explores socialist feminism in the nineteenth century, focusing on the intersection between social reproduction theory and its analysis of women’s unpaid work at home. 22 $2.20 Add
Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

Two Pioneer Women Architects of Nineteenth Century North America

“Women” and “architecture” were once mutually exclusive terms. In an 1891 address, Louise Blanchard Bethune declared, “it is hardly safe to assert” that a … ; 234 View
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Sweetheart Heroines

Sweetheart Heroines

From: Immodest and Sensational

1940-1955. Examines the effect of the war on women’s sports and how the immidiate post-war period was characterized by a remarkable emphasis on beauty, grace, femininity and, for some … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Eyes of the Heart
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The Eyes of the Heart

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Eleven focuses on the experiences of women in the field of ornithology and the larger naturalist movement. The chapter provides a brief history of the ornithology, the gender barrier … 22 $2.20 Add
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The Golden Bird
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The Golden Bird

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter One provides a brief introduction to Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, the self-trained amateur ornithologist and field nurse who is the subject of this book. The chapter discusses topics … 6 $0.60 Add
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The hard limits of neoliberal feminism
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The hard limits of neoliberal feminism

The Trudeau record on gender politics

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter looks at the record of the Trudeau Liberal government on gender politics, including its policies on reproductive rights, affordable child care, parental leave and general issues of … 16 $1.60 Add
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The Labour Lens

The Labour Lens

From: Women and Work

The chapter considers the question – "What is work?" – then explores the historical intersections between capitalism, work, women, and feminist theory. 15 $1.50 Add
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The Rational-Humanist Roots of Equality Feminism

The Rational-Humanist Roots of Equality Feminism

From: Women and Work

The author examines the historical roots of the equality feminist perspective, highlighting how education and work has been traditionally gendered. 21 $2.10 Add
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The Sister with a Hammer

The Sister with a Hammer

Part I

From: Storming the Old Boys’ Citadel

Part one of Sister with a Hammer focuses on the life of Mother Joseph (born Esther Pariseau) a Catholic nun who is representative of the nameless pioneer women who helped to build nineteenth … ; 28 $2.80 Add